hominy

whole or ground hulled corn from which the bran and germ have been removed by bleaching the whole kernels in a lye bath (lye hominy) or by crushing and sifting (pearl hominy)

Origin of hominy

Virginia Algonquian

1620-1630

1620-30, Americanism; < Virginia Algonquian (E spelling) uskatahomen,usketchamun a nominalized passive v., literally, that which is treated (in the way specified by the unidentified initial element), here probably that which is ground or beaten